Startle epilepsy associated with gait-induced seizures: Pathomechanism analysis using EEG, MEG, and PET studies

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1274-1279

  Saeki, Keisuke ^a   Saito, Yoshiaki ^a   Sugai, Kenji ^a   Nakagawa, Eiji ^a   Komaki, Hirofumi ^a   Sakuma, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Masayuki ^a   Kaneko, Yuu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Precuneus; Reflex epilepsy; Sensorimotor cortex; Startle; Supplementary motor area

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GABAPENTIN; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GAIT INDUCED SEIZURE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPIKE WAVE; STARTLE EPILEPSY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 65549158299     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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